1978-1979 UAB Blazers Men's basketball team

The 1978-1979 UAB Blazers men's basketball team were the inaugural team representing UAB as an Associate Member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 1978-79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Blazers were coached by Gene Bartow and played their home games at BJCC Coliseum in the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.

The Blazers finished the regular season with a 15-11 record. As a team, the Blazers scored an average of 75.9 points per game while holding opponents to 71.7 points per game.

Roster

PLAYER              GP   FG-FGA   FG%  3FG-FGA  3PT%   FT-FTA   FT%   PTS  PTS/G
Larry Spicer        26  165-342  .482   —   —     —    57-84   .679   389  15.0
Greg Leet           26  147-290  .507   —   —     —    60-77   .779   354  13.6
Daryl Braden        26  143-284  .504   —   —     —    56-75   .747   342  13.2
George Jones        26  110-220  .500   —   —     —    81-95   .853   301  11.6
Oliver Robinson     26   73-147  .497   —   —     —    34-56   .607   180   6.9
Raymond Gause       19   42-101  .416   —   —     —    18-28   .643   102   5.4
Leon Morris         23   39-89   .438   —   —     —    29-43   .674   107   4.7
Stan Scales         24   29-63   .460   —   —     —    12-26   .462    70   2.9
Donnie Speer        18   18-37   .486   —   —     —     9-14   .643    45   2.5
Scott Simcik         6    6-8    .750   —   —     —     1-3    .333    13   2.2
Derrick Bentley     13    8-21   .381   —   —     —    10-19   .526    26   2.0
Doug Owens           3    2-3    .667   —   —     —      —       —      4   1.3
Tim Almquist         5    2-3    .667   —   —     —     2-2   1.000     6   1.2
Scott McCammon      10    3-14   .214   —   —     —     4-8    .500    10   1.0
TOTAL               26  800-1645 .486   —   —     —   374-530  .706  1974  75.9